As an opera singer, I pour my soul into every performance—but beyond the stage, my heart belongs to animal welfare. I’m grateful to be connected with a few charities and organizations that work quietly yet profoundly to protect and care for animals. I’d like to share some of these meaningful groups—whose work inspires me to keep advocating for kindness beyond the stage.
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SPAIN
La Gatoteca is a pioneering project inspired by Japanese neko-cafes, transforming it into a charitable initiative to help cats. During my debut Arabella at Teatro Real Madrid, I found time for many visits to this little cat cafe.
USA
For the Love of Alex funds emergency and life-saving veterinary care for pets of low-income households. As an artist, I’ve long survived on passion, caffeine, and the echo of applause—real life, shared with loyal pets who ask for nothing but love. Now, it’s a quiet joy to give back, to offer care where it’s needed most.
Best Friends operates the nation’s largest sanctuary for homeless animals and provides adoption, spay/neuter, and educational programs.
Anjellicle Cats Rescue (ACR) is an all-volunteer registered 501c3 cat rescue committed to helping make New York a no-kill city. My two biggest fans—though one’s not exactly a fan of my singing—came from this wonderful organization!
Since 1903, Pasadena Humane has offered lifesaving programs and services for animals in the Greater Los Angeles Area.
Connecting people and wildlife through conservation education and rehabilitation because a world with wildlife is a better world. During breaks from Eugene Onegin rehearsals with the Santa Fe Opera, this nearby sanctuary offered a quick and meaningful escape to explore animal rehabilitation efforts in the desert.
UK
Improving the lives of donkeys every day. The Donkey Sanctuary's vision is a world where every donkey has a good quality of life. You can "adopt" a donkey for a loved one; I did it!
RSPCA is UK's leading animal welfare charity. They specialise in animal rescue & furthering the welfare cause for all animals.
Founded by cinema icon Brigitte Bardot, FBB aids shelters, animal rescues and sterilization campaigns for stray animals.
france
A veterinary clinic and emergency service serving dogs, cats, rabbits, rats, hamsters and more. While I was singing my first Die Frau ohne Schatten, we worked together to manage the sterilization of a cat colony near where I was living.
germany
TPU takes care of lost animals, emergencies, and animal rehoming, and also volunteers time in animal welfare.
